Recent content by Zadkiel

Update: So I was kinda wrong about the raised part being missing. it is there, just a lot less pronounced than it was in the picture - the issue was just that the bolt was really hard to tighten to the body, and I guess when I was putting it together I gave up on it. The bolt is huge, I didn't...

A wee heavy is only called a scotch ale outside of Scotland. In Scotland it's a Wee heavy, a heavy, or a strong. Scotch Ale isn't really used in the rest of the UK either (unlike Scottish Ale, as a general terms for any ale from Scotland, which is commonly used). I *think* that McEwans beer...

it's gen 4.1 - I'd also considered the possibility that I'd misremembered about the existence of that raised area and instead it's the thread on the nut or bolt. I'll be able to check later.

I can't right now, my wife is currently still in bed after a night shift at work and my kit is all stored in a room directly behind the bed, but I've been looking again at the installation instructions and I think mine might have a manufacturing issue, although I can't imagine how it could have...

Can I ask, is the ball valve tap on the bottom loose for anyone else? Mine 'works' fine, there's no leak or anything, but it isn't bolted tight to the body and is loose and rattley. I can't see any other way to interpret the installation instructions, but the nut that goes on the inside just...

perhaps you could make a list of possible reasons and then do tests to eliminate them - could it be your mill or grain, try buying a recipe of grain crushed and see if the efficiency goes up. Could it be temps, use a second thermometer to check the brewzilla temp against. Use a known weight to...

I promise you my situation is different. I have multiple medical conditions that affect my eyesight, one of which causes my optic nerve to swell up to 3 times it's normal size about once a decade, rendering me temporarily blind and in the process ripping out about half of the nerves in my eyes...

I take a picture of my hydrometer with my phone and then zoom the picture. I have very bad eyesight.

prototype for my next beer currently fermenting. One for the old-school Quake players (click for full size) if you know, you know.

some of my best friends are laser lizards!

"triple fermentation Belgian ales" if a science paper on effects of lasers talked about changing the laser colour by swapping the laser lizard to one with different coloured eyes, I think I'd question the results, even if understanding how laser colour changes wasn't necessary to interpreting...

oh no. Is it too late for me to add 3 more yeasts to my quad in the fermenter? Does using a bottling yeast like CBC-1 count as one of them?

Just adding a possibility that I hadn't seen anyone else consider.

I wonder about the OP stating they are obsessed over the crush and specifically their super-fine crush, and the statement that their efficiencies have been dropping, to wonder if those 2 are linked. You state that the crush isn't the problem, but I think that statement comes from your idea that...

You should have fittings under the sink for feeds off the mains water supply, with their own shutoff valves - they are put there for connections to kitchen appliances, i.e. washing machine/dishwasher. if you have one that's not used, you're golden, if you have one but it's used, then it'll be a...